FLIPGRID

https://flipgrid.com/

So what is Flipgrid? It’s a website where someone, usually a teacher, poses a question or prompt, and students respond to it with short videos.   

This tool would be a great way to get students talking about any topic, reflect on a book or film, or ask questions about something you’re exploring in class.  

Additional ways to use FLIPGRID BY DITCH THAT TEXTBOOK

Magnetic Poetry

Good Morning!

Fun lesson idea from Shake up Learning!

https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/summer-magnetic-poetry-free-template-and-tutorial/

Check out her blog if you have not already.  Lots of great tutorials!

Here is a great activity to use with sight words or vocabulary words.  You know those really fun little magnets that challenge you to create a poem with just a small word bank? This template gives you a digital version to use in your classroom. The word bank is on the second slide so students can easily copy and paste from the word bank onto the background slide. (Great for practicing copy and paste skills!)  Check out the template.  If you would like me to create one with your specific words, let me know!  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18TAHvpB94tWhS5_XKEPWWUzxiqeHDCVg3xhQqembvJc/edit#slide=id.p

You and your students can Jazz up your Google Slides!

https://www.slidescarnival.com/category/free-templates/playful-presentations

You and your students can use SlidesCarnival to create fun presentations.  Just download the template and voila you have a new theme to work with!  

More reasons why Google Docs should be your BFF!

Besides the fact that you can access your documents anywhere (as long as you have internet).  I also love the fact that you don't have a million different copies of different documents.  You can edit the same document over and over.  What makes it even better is that multiple people can work on the same document at one time!!  TIME SAVER.

Check out the link for other things and ways you can use your Google Docs.


10 Overlooked Google Docs Features:
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/08/10-overlooked-google-docs-features.html

Classroom Screen

https://classroomscreen.com/

Very simple text took, just save the link on your desktop and some of your most basic tools are readily available.

Tools and Capabilities:

🖥 choose a background/upload your own
🖥 pick a random name & dice roll
🖥 classroom sound level monitor
🖥 generate a QR-code
🖥 draw in-screen or full-screen
 🖥 type your instructions in the text area and zoom
🖥 choose a work symbol 
🖥 set a timer/stopwatch
 🖥 show the clock & calendar
 🖥 use the traffic light 
🖥 use the calculator
🖥 drag and drop the icons in the right place
🖥 Dual widgets: more than one widget can be displayed at once

🖥 select a language

I love that it has an exit poll built in.  Look on the right side of the screen and you have a quick exit poll.  

Have fun with this website!!

Design School or Classroom Newsletter in Google Slides

https://www.bettercloud.com/monitor/the-academy/design-the-perfect-internal-newsletter-in-google-slides/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdNd01qTTBOV1F3TTJObSIsInQiOiJOKytKdVl4Mzl3MW9OWWFBYk1YK000Mzk3S0N5dU91S1dvK1hxTExpeWE2MkR6eDgzY3l5bUlUOUdUMmpyVGU1MWdRRHpueklrczJTQklHMEo5cjNkdGpUdkllN28yWnh4U0FzS2g5cGNQWT0ifQ%3D%3D

Use this Google Doc Add on to create word clouds

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/03/skip-spreadsheet-use-this-add-on-to.html#.VwJfY-IrLIU

Tag Cloud Generator Add-on for Google Documents allows users to create word clouds without using a spreadsheet.

If you haven't done so already, I would suggest following Richard Byrne.  

He has some great posts and ideas!!